Springfield Flyer.

[wobblywalrus]

Mike, you will not really know what ratio will be best until you make those first runs.  This plan to make something work at minimal cost is a good idea.  The ratio you eventually use might be different. 

[tauruck]

At this stage the ratios aren't a priority but getting the Blue Oval and Bowtie goodies together and working as a unit is.

[SPARKY]

The Camaro center section use 28 splines like many fords  Sid knows more about these than I do.. We have cut the rosettes welds with a hole saw and with a cutting torch-- they sure do not drill out easy.

[tauruck]

Sparky, I'm having the two side spider gears remade without teeth and splined on the ID with a 33 count.
We're also making a heavy internally splined sleeve to take up the space between them.
The Ford axles will be cut down to length and will get the 33 spline treatment.
I'm using Ford axle tubes so the C clip arrangement won't be an issue.
The Ford tubes slide over the GM ones so we'll use a 99 nickel rod to weld them to the iron housing.

What do you think?. Thanks.

[Riaan Lingenfelder]

Mike. The knowledge disipated in this last conversation is making me dizzy.
I will go lie down now.

[tauruck]

That took a bottle J&B friend.
The dude in Cape Town has a lot to do with my motivation lately.

Some idiot parked in the disabled bay at the shops yesterday
and when Willie asked him to move he said he'd break Willie's
other leg.

Well he didn't but did wake up between the tyre and a 4x4 fender where his head was wedged
after he tripped. He kinda just "Flopped" if you get my meaning?.

[wobblywalrus]

Egad.  This is just like Oakland.

[Riaan Lingenfelder]

Those disabled bays can be very tricky to walk in sometimes

[tauruck]

Guys, a veteran, no matter where he comes from deserves respect and some illiterate fool
breaks the law and then has the audacity to threaten a guy who is an amputee.

There's a weird perception here in SA that if you drive a fancy car you have a God given right
to do just what you want. I don't care if your ride is a Bavarian Murder Weapon, you don't abuse
anyone, period.
This is a build diary but it also encompasses the trials and tribulations of building an LS vehicle.
The journey is like no other. I know most of you have very little knowledge of my country and it is an awesome place
but there are millions of idiots who think money, a flash ride and the latest shiny gadget is the passport to immortality.

The term "old school" is there for a reason. All we wanted was some "biltong" (beef jerky) and two Cokes while on our way
to get work to fund the liner. The term fighting for what you want just got new meaning.

Back to work.

[Finallygotit]

That took a bottle J&B friend.
The dude in Cape Town has a lot to do with my motivation lately.

Some idiot parked in the disabled bay at the shops yesterday
and when Willie asked him to move he said he'd break Willie's
other leg.

Well he didn't but did wake up between the tyre and a 4x4 fender where his head was wedged
after he tripped. He kinda just "Flopped" if you get my meaning?.

That's what we call "teaching someone a lesson".  Carry on....... 

[Ron Gibson]

 

Ron

[Glen]

 

[kiwi belly tank]

Sparky, I'm having the two side spider gears remade without teeth and splined on the ID with a 33 count.
We're also making a heavy internally splined sleeve to take up the space between them.
The Ford axles will be cut down to length and will get the 33 spline treatment.
I'm using Ford axle tubes so the C clip arrangement won't be an issue.
The Ford tubes slide over the GM ones so we'll use a 99 nickel rod to weld them to the iron housing.

What do you think?. Thanks.

Use only as much of the Ford tube you need & weld it to the GM tube not the Iron housing. 33 spline axle is more strength than you'll need but is that actually going to fit through the bearing spout on the carrier without boring the hole bigger? Check the alignment of the left & right axle tubes, the GM machining process was off. It will probably have some toe in.
  Sid.   

[tauruck]

Thanks Sid, We were going to turn the Ford shafts down to get them through the spout
because I thought the carrier was hardened but if it isn't it would leave me feeling way better.

What do you suggest?. Thanks man.

I just checked. There's not much material on the carrier to bore it out.

[Peter Jack]

Mike, just weld the Ford ends onto the GM tubes. If you want I'll email pictures of my mandrel I use when I shorten a rear end. Unfortunately I don't have a rear end carrier around right now so I can't show you how I actually do the assembly.

Watch out resplining the axles. We used to do that but because the new spline isn't heat treated bigger horsepower tended to twist the new spline off.

Pete